TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223983 [ 2024TNSTR3199....1K ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-31 21:52:37
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

A. Kumar, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, L. Nuttall, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, T. Killestein, D. O'Neill, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024uby
Discoverer internal name: GOTO24fii
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:37.029 (32.404289) DEC = +04:30:51.87 (4.514409)
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 15:41:36.096 (JD=2460554.153892)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-08-31 15:41:36.096
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-28 15:08:12
Limiting flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-4
Telescope: GOTO-South


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024uby